Thursday, 15 December 2016

Shiver Me Timbers!

This is the tale told in a rhyming text of a fearsome pirate crew , including a chorus of ‘rolling waves and the words ‘ho ho ho’ repeated on
each double spread.

In a book for young children who will love to
listen to the story told aloud, Captain Black and his pirate crew go looking
for treasure in a swashbuckling, sea shanty adventure on the high seas. The story highlights aspects of the life of pirates
from obedience to Captain Black, chores, doing a poo overboard, giant octopus
and the demise of Captain Black. Details such as these are followed at the end
of the book by facts about pirates of the seventeenth and eighteenth century.

The
placement of the text is sometimes used to emphasise an action, for example, the
words, ‘He likes to use his whip,’ is curved and swirls across the page. The vibrant
illustrations are full of movement, with an interesting use of different
pictorial formats and emotional communication often shown through the pirates’ body
language.